Biology:Harpagodes
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| Fossil shell of Harpagodes aranea, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris | |
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| Family: | Harpagodidae
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| Genus: | Harpagodes Gill, 1870
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Harpagodes is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Harpagodidae.
Selected species
These are some of the species within the genus Harpagodes.[1]
- Harpagodes americanus †
- Harpagodes aranea (d'Orbigny, 1850)
- Harpagodes beaumontiana (d'Orbigny, 1843) †
- Harpagodes desori (Pictet & Campiche, 1864) †
- Harpagodes ignobilis (Morris & Lycett, 1851) †
- Harpagodes incertus †
- Harpagodes japonicus †
- Harpagodes matheroni †
- Harpagodes mexicanus †
- Harpagodes nodosus (J. de C. Sowerby, 1823) †
- Harpagodes oceani †
- Harpagodes pelagi (Brongniart, 1821) †
- Harpagodes ribeiroi Choffat, 1886 †
- Harpagodes rupellentis †
- Harpagodes sachalinensis Yabe & Nago, 1925 †
- Harpagodes shumardi (Hill) †
- Harpagodes thirriae (Contejean) †
- Harpagodes valcuii †
- Harpagodes wrightii (Morris & Lycett, 1851) †
Description
"Shell obconic or ovate-conoid, with the spire moderately elevated, the canal produced into a long boldly recurved towards the left, and the labrum (...) spiniform digitations. Whorls convex or flat between the angle and the suture, spirally ribbed, with larger rib-like angular, median, and anterior fascioles (and sometimes post-angular), each emitting long spiniform digitations; and with a sutural canaliculate digitation accumbent on the spire, continued and recurved backwards." (Original description of Harpagodes by Gill, 1870).[2]
Distribution
Fossils of these snails have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of Austria, Egypt, France , Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Yemen and in the Jurassic rocks of Argentina , Ethiopia, Israel, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania and Tunisia.[3]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q16982768 entry
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